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When Grace Comes Home:How the 'doctrines of Grace' change your life
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How does 'Calvinism' affect the way you view - worship, humility, adversity, outlook, evangelism, holiness, assurance, law & liberty, prayer, guidance & living faith.
Most of the major 'Protestant' church groupings of today look back to founders who were essentially 'Calvinistic' in their beliefs. Yet Calvinism is not a set of dry and dusty doctrines that elevate a man above the work of God. It is a set of doctrines that existed before and after the reformer explained them so clearly.
C.H. Spurgeon said "It is a nickname....Calvinism is the Gospel and nothing else".
Despite its widespread influence there is little understanding of the tradition or its practical importance. In fact, there are more misconceptions than there is understanding - just what difference does Calvinism really make?
Terry Johnson has personally been touched by the practical implications of Calvinism and recommends others to drink satisfyingly from the same spiritual wells. He believes that the church is not receiving the nourishment it needs from God, or the freedom it could have, to serve God.
Terry Johnson is Senior Pastor of the Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah, Georgia.
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"The fine book proves for Christians something that they should already know, but often miss: theology matters! With much practical wisdom and help for Christian thinking and living, this book makes good application of good theology."
W.Robert Godfrey, Westminster Seminary, Escondido, California
"Terry Johnson . . . enriches our understanding of the difference that the doctrines of Grace not only make to the way we do theology, but also for the ways in which we serve God and love our neighbors."
Darryl G. Hart, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Wilmington, Delaware
'Terry Johnson has provided a splendid work on how right theology bears upon our worship, character, suffering and growth in the Christian life.'
The Late James M. Boice
'We may still teach 'the doctrines of grace', but we have given little thought to the practical implications of sovereign grace. For this reason, and more, Terry Johnson's When Grace Comes Home is to be welcomed'
J. Ligon Duncan III, First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi
'Rarely can the vitamin content of sweet, strong, classic pastoral Calvinism have been made so plain and palatable as it is here.'
J.I.Packer, Regents College Vancouver
'He manages to make theology what it ought always to be: God honouring and rigorously practical....at the same time this book urges Christians to grow in grace. A book we have needed for some time. I cannot recommend it highly enough.'
Derek W. H. Thomas, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, Mississippi
When Grace Comes Home is a book about the practical working out of Christian beliefs. There are an awful lot of us who are proud of our doctrine, that we know the right answers to the tough questions about Christianity, yet fail to live like they're true. This book is an antidote, subtitled 'How the Doctrines of Grace Change Your Life'. It is written from a traditional, reformed, Christian perspective (eg. J.I. Packer and R.C. Sproul) and takes various doctrines and Christian disciplines and shows how belief in God's sovereignty and human depravity ought to affect these areas. The chapters included are Worship, Humility, Adversity, Outlook, Witness, Sanctification, Assurance, Law and Liberty, Prayer, Guidance and A Faith for Living. The writing is engaging, persuasive and at times quite disarming. I'd like to note a few drawbacks before wrapping up though. I don't think Johnson addresses the issues of Law and Liberty and Guidance as clearly and fairly as he could to his opponents, although the Guidance chapter is particularly excellent (like many cessationists, he seems significantly closer to the Charismatics than he thinks) and encouraging. There's also a suspicion of reason that runs through his book, which I find a little disappointing, or at least unclear, but these are minor points. The book comes recommended by some great names in Evangelicalism, including James Boice and J. Ligon Duncan III, but Packer sums the book up best with: 'Rarely can the vitamin content of sweet, strong, classic pastoral Calvinism have been made so plain and palatable as it is here.'
Posted by Paul Huxley, Guildford